Tropescilloscope: Mistaken for Gay
A character or a duo are mistaken to be homosexual by other people. (read more at tvtropes.org)
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Chekhov's Gunman
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Establishing Character Moment
Not Quite Dead
Mama Bear
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Left the Background Music On
Famous Last Words
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Trailers Always Spoil
Knight Templar
Superhero
Armor-Piercing Question
Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
Hope Spot
Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
All for Nothing
Rule of Symbolism
Imagine Spot
Wham Shot
Sexy Discretion Shot
Dramatic Gun Cock
The Big Guy
The Smart Guy
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Rousing Speech
Unusual Euphemism
Mighty Whitey
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The Power of Love
Australian Movies
Kill It with Fire
Mr. Exposition
Neck Lift
Distracted by the Sexy
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Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold
Off with His Head!
Shell-Shocked Veteran
Rule of Three
Naïve Newcomer
Soft Glass
Put on a Bus
Would Hit a Girl
Dark and Troubled Past
Obstructive Bureaucrat
Light Is Not Good
MayDecember Romance
Domestic Abuse
Extreme Doormat
Reality Ensues
Victoria's Secret Compartment
Riddle for the Ages
Cain and Abel
Deliberate Values Dissonance
Call-Back
The Dragon
Vitriolic Best Buds
No OSHA Compliance
Evil vs. Evil
Shoot the Shaggy Dog
The Place
Pun
aka: Incredibly Lame Pun
The End... Or Is It?
Large Ham
Earn Your Happy Ending
Vomit Discretion Shot
Never Found the Body
The Film of the Book
Logo Joke
Drill Sergeant Nasty
Hair-Trigger Temper
Anguished Declaration of Love
Red Herring
Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
From Bad to Worse
Sinister Minister
Once More, with Clarity!
Moment Killer
Married to the Job
Suspiciously Similar Substitute
Smug Snake
All There in the Script
Slasher Movie
Would Hurt a Child
Throwing Your Sword Always Works
The Cavalry
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Camera Abuse
Market-Based Title
The Alcoholic
The Faceless
Loophole Abuse
Big Brother Instinct
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Anti-Villain
Leitmotif
Accidental Misnaming
Due to the Dead
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Manly Tears
Worthy Opponent
Informed Ability
Dropped a Bridge on Him
Continuity Nod
Amusing Injuries
Big "NO!"
Taking the Bullet
Not Using the "Z" Word
The Un-Reveal
He Who Fights Monsters
Film Series
The Load
The Sociopath
Meaningful Echo
Bland-Name Product
Chekhov's Gun
Bloody Hilarious
A.I. Is a Crapshoot
Central Theme
Anachronism Stew
Vacation Films
Evil Brit
Fun with Acronyms
Naked People Are Funny
Made of Iron
Heroes Want Redheads
Bittersweet Ending
Brainless Beauty
Black Dude Dies First
War Is Hell
Crazy-Prepared
Straight Gay
Curb-Stomp Battle
Dirty Old Man
Immune to Bullets
Historical Villain Upgrade
Line-of-Sight Name
A Father to His Men
Romantic Comedy
Daylight Horror
I Did What I Had to Do
Gratuitous English
Hooker with a Heart of Gold
Let's Get Dangerous!
How We Got Here
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
Deconstruction
Men Are the Expendable Gender
Arch-Enemy
Precision F-Strike
Lock and Load Montage
For the Evulz
Darkest Hour
Recycled IN SPACE!
Aluminum Christmas Trees
Well-Intentioned Extremist
Dressing as the Enemy
Drowning My Sorrows
Disappeared Dad
NO INDOOR VOICE
Decoy Protagonist
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Evil Laugh
Improbable Infant Survival
aka: Infant Immortality
Rich Bitch
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
Damsel in Distress
Same Language Dub
Cool Old Guy
Destination Defenestration
The Hero Dies
Race Against the Clock
Faux Affably Evil
Only Known by Their Nickname
Award-Bait Song
Grievous Bottley Harm
Auto Erotica
Hypocrite
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
Adaptation Name Change
Pay Evil unto Evil
Male Frontal Nudity
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
Attempted Rape
Rewatch Bonus
The Chessmaster
Babies Ever After
Dark Reprise
Humiliation Conga
La Résistance
Pretty in Mink
Toilet Humour
aka: Toilet Humor
The Dog Bites Back
Blood from the Mouth
Up to Eleven
Badass Boast
Fate Worse than Death
Batman Gambit
Adaptational Heroism
Coming-of-Age Story
Big Bad
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
Recap /
RiffTrax
aka: Riff Trax Movies
Rape as Drama
Motor Mouth
Sealed Evil in a Can
Improbable Weapon User
Heroic Sacrifice
Adaptation Expansion
Retirony
Cassandra Truth
Gender Flip
Arc Words
Broken Pedestal
Stylistic Suck
Documentary
Punch-Clock Villain
Sanity Slippage
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
Vomit Indiscretion Shot
Those Wacky Nazis
Heterosexual Life-Partners
Badass Longcoat
Femme Fatale
You Killed My Father
Five-Man Band
Parental Neglect
And the Adventure Continues
The Quiet One
Adult Fear
Tranquil Fury
Fantastic Racism
Cowboy Cop
Woman in White
Tap on the Head
Nice Hat
Genre Throwback
The Reveal
Almost Kiss
Kick the Dog
Author Avatar
Tagline
Fanservice
Peek-a-Boo Corpse
Annoying Younger Sibling
Non-Indicative Name
Eagleland
Didn't Think This Through
Corrupt Corporate Executive
Bilingual Bonus
Film Noir
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
Public Domain Feature Films
Insult Backfire
Horror Films
Eyepatch of Power
Body Horror
Protagonist Title
Expy
My Beloved Smother
Rated M for Manly
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
Insane Troll Logic
Every Car Is a Pinto
Beta Couple
Fainting
Gorn
Woman Scorned
Covers Always Lie
"Well Done, Son!" Guy
Dogged Nice Guy
Heroic BSoD
Hollywood Darkness
Dull Surprise
Reality Has No Subtitles
Card-Carrying Villain
Spiritual Successor
Parental Abandonment
Betty and Veronica
Oh, Crap!
Diabolus ex Machina
Smoking Is Cool
Spanner in the Works
Ambiguous Ending
Plot Hole
Arranged Marriage
Race Lift
Only One Name
Cool Guns
Bait-and-Switch
Fiery Redhead
Does This Remind You of Anything?
No Name Given
Serious Business
Honor Before Reason
Unwitting Instigator of Doom
Does Not Like Shoes
Be Careful What You Wish For
Only in It for the Money
Big Eater
Horror Comedy
Country Matters
Take That!
Fan Disservice
Did Not Get the Girl
Better to Die than Be Killed
The '60s
The Mafia
Pragmatic Adaptation
Freeze-Frame Bonus
Villainous Breakdown
Sci-Fi Horror
Slasher Smile
Big Damn Heroes
Narrator
Shout-Out
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner
Gory Discretion Shot
Tempting Fate
Mexican Standoff
Break the Haughty
Unusually Uninteresting Sight
Even Evil Has Standards
timeperiod
The Ghost
Redemption Equals Death
The Ace
Stealth Pun
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
Dying Moment of Awesome
Spared by the Adaptation
Obviously Evil
Roaring Rampage of Revenge
Hell Is That Noise
Final Girl
Back from the Dead
O.O.C. Is Serious Business
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome
Music Stories
Manchild
Man on Fire
The '70s
Obfuscating Stupidity
Novelization
Abhorrent Admirer
Daddy's Girl
Chekhov's Skill
Funny Foreigner
Never Trust a Trailer
This Is Gonna Suck
Paper-Thin Disguise
For Want of a Nail
My God, What Have I Done?
Stock Footage
Scenery Gorn
Drives Like Crazy
Laser-Guided Karma
Celebrity Paradox
Wounded Gazelle Gambit
Wrong Genre Savvy
I Need a Freaking Drink
Running Gag
Hoist by His Own Petard
Black Comedy Rape
Laughing Mad
Monumental Damage
Lampshade Hanging
Determinator
aka: The Determinator
Morality Pet
Jerkass
Epic Movie
Danny Peary Cult Movies List
Mythology Gag
Dutch Angle
He Knows Too Much
Mind Screw
The Alleged Car
BrotherSister Incest
Corpsing
French Films
And I Must Scream
Shirtless Scene
Crapsack World
Title Drop
Thriller
Not So Above It All
Retcon
Video Credits
Villain Ball
Spell My Name with an "S"
Irony
Early-Bird Cameo
Costume Porn
The Great Depression
Brick Joke
Mundane Made Awesome
Adaptational Badass
Male Gaze
Get Out!
Authority Equals Asskicking
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
Reasonable Authority Figure
Jump Scare
Malevolent Masked Men
Humans Are Bastards
Only a Flesh Wound
Sports Stories
Black Best Friend
Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Camp Gay
Badass Grandpa
Ambiguously Gay
Gone Horribly Right
Spiteful Spit
Improbable Aiming Skills
Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene
It's All About Me
German Films
Car Fu
What the Hell, Hero?
Stepford Smiler
Bad Boss
Artistic License Biology
Ominous Latin Chanting
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
Fantasy Films
Adaptational Villainy
Television Movie Index
Action Girl
The Lost Lenore
Alpha Bitch
What Happened to the Mouse?
Break the Cutie
Berserk Button
Hate Sink
Heel Realization
Scare Chord
Alliterative Name
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
In Name Only
Police are Useless
Hidden Depths
Not So Stoic
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience
aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience
Star-Crossed Lovers
Killed Mid-Sentence
Made of Explodium
Despair Event Horizon
Death Glare
Getting Crap Past the Radar
Creator Cameo
Not What It Looks Like
Action Prologue
Hong Kong Films
The Dreaded
The Stoner
Artistic License Law
Expository Hairstyle Change
What You Are in the Dark
Agony of the Feet
Meaningful Name
An Arm and a Leg
Downer Ending
Adapted Out
Meaningful Background Event
As You Know
Off-into-the-Distance Ending
Sequel Escalation
Dissonant Serenity
Contrived Coincidence
Handicapped Badass
Small Name, Big Ego
Leave the Camera Running
Shut Up, Hannibal!
Easily Forgiven
The Remake
One Steve Limit
Suddenly SHOUTING!
Russian Films
A Minor Kidroduction
Jerkass Has a Point
Romantic False Lead
Awesome, but Impractical
Toplessness from the Back
It's Personal
The Voiceless
Death by Irony
Ghost Fiction
Anachronic Order
Dirty Cop
Reckless Gun Usage
British Films
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Developing Doomed Characters
Redshirt Army
20 Minutes into the Future
BFG
Show Within a Show
Truth in Television
Evil-Detecting Dog
Shown Their Work
More Dakka
Affably Evil
I'm a Humanitarian
An Axe to Grind
Friend to All Children
Dies Wide Open
Conspicuous CG
Credits Gag
Improvised Weapon
Shipper on Deck
Rasputinian Death
Karma Houdini
Double-Meaning Title
Extremely Short Timespan
Match Cut
From Nobody to Nightmare
N-Word Privileges
You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
Idiot Ball
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Beard of Evil
As the Good Book Says...
Call-Forward
Insistent Terminology
B-Movie
Make It Look Like an Accident
Foreshadowing
Ripped from the Headlines
True Companions
Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Double Entendre
Red Right Hand
Manipulative Bastard
Advertised Extra
Took a Level in Jerkass
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
Love Triangle
Parental Incest
Adaptation Distillation
Children Are Innocent
There Is No Kill Like Overkill
Unspoken Plan Guarantee
All Men Are Perverts
Affectionate Parody
Foil
Instant Death Bullet
All There in the Manual
Deadpan Snarker
Silence Is Golden
Leaning on the Fourth Wall
Badass in a Nice Suit
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Room Full of Crazy
Karmic Death
Adaptational Attractiveness
Book-Ends
Freudian Excuse
Cloudcuckoolander
Never My Fault
Token Minority
Fish out of Water
Bound and Gagged
Never Trust a Trailer
aka: Trailers Always Lie
Unresolved Sexual Tension
All Just a Dream
Dark Is Not Evil
Defrosting Ice Queen
Random Events Plot
Take a Third Option
Love at First Sight
Suspiciously Specific Denial
Badass Bookworm
Dual Wielding
She's Got Legs
Those Two Guys
One-Man Army
My Greatest Failure
Gilligan Cut
Outrun the Fireball
Four-Temperament Ensemble
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead
Bavarian Fire Drill
Historical-Domain Character
Flashback
Action Genre
Training Montage
One-Word Title
Neck Snap
Visual Pun
The Mole
Say My Name
Fatal Flaw
The Stoic
Slap-Slap-Kiss
Based on a True Story
Mad Scientist
Playing Gertrude
Composite Character
Cold-Blooded Torture
Christmas Movies Index
Cat Fight
Dwindling Party
Fire-Forged Friends
Dark Action Girl
Overprotective Dad
Eureka Moment
Pimped-Out Dress
Evil Counterpart
And Starring
Word of God
Meet Cute
Genre Savvy
No Celebrities Were Harmed
Translation Convention
Ship Tease
The Ditz
Demoted to Extra
Creative Closing Credits
Jitter Cam
Villain with Good Publicity
In Medias Res
Genre Shift
Mooks
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
Funny Background Event
Bond One-Liner
Anyone Can Die
Badass Normal
Blood Knight
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
Plucky Comic Relief
Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism
Fake Shemp
The Brute
Comically Missing the Point
Cat Scare
Ms. Fanservice
Fatal Family Photo
A God Am I
Canadian Movies
Sadistic Choice
Asshole Victim
World of Ham
Re-Cut
Groin Attack
Parental Substitute
Dramedy
Pretty Little Headshots
Eye Scream
Breaking the Fourth Wall
Works Set in World War II
Antagonist Title
Fingore
Major Injury Underreaction
Driven to Suicide
Disproportionate Retribution
Properly Paranoid
Face Death with Dignity
The Starscream
Intergenerational Friendship
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
Together in Death
Apocalypse How
Science Fiction Films
Scary Black Man
Depraved Bisexual
Mood Whiplash
Nothing Is Scarier
Fat Bastard
Big Fancy House
Twist Ending
She Cleans Up Nicely
Mistaken for Gay
Red Shirt
Lighter and Softer
Anti-Hero
No Ending
Hero of Another Story
Took a Level in Badass
Interrupted Suicide
Bring My Brown Pants
The X of Y
Madness Mantra
Ass Shove
Wretched Hive
Canon Foreigner
Your Cheating Heart
Disney Villain Death
The Vamp
Super Strength
The Musical
Ironic Echo
Action Survivor
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
Artistic License Physics
The Bully
Skewed Priorities
Stuff Blowing Up
Pragmatic Villainy
Taking You with Me
Cool Old Lady
Offscreen Teleportation
Last-Name Basis
Dirty Coward
Curse Cut Short
Reality Is Unrealistic
Broken Aesop
Unreliable Narrator
Aside Glance
No-Sell
Character Development
Refuge in Audacity
Department of Redundancy Department
Actor Allusion
Age Lift
Pyrrhic Victory
Drugs Are Bad
An Aesop
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
Noodle Incident
Jerk Jock
Time Skip
Blackmail
Deal with the Devil
Ungrateful Bastard
Animated Credits Opening
Wham Line
Big Applesauce
Bi the Way
Offscreen Moment of Awesome
Scenery Porn
Sassy Black Woman
Deliberately Monochrome
Bullying a Dragon
Adorkable
Adaptation Dye-Job
I Have Your Wife
As Long as It Sounds Foreign
Punny Name
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
Bare Your Midriff
Demonic Possession
You Have Failed Me
Needs Wiki Magic Love
Artistic License History
Posthumous Character
Death of a Child
Politically Incorrect Villain
Adults Are Useless
Red Oni, Blue Oni
Darker and Edgier
Our Zombies Are Different
Psychopathic Manchild
Hero Antagonist
FaceHeel Turn
Overly Long Gag
Exactly What It Says on the Tin
MacGuffin
Knife Nut
Real Life
Self-Deprecation
HeelFace Turn
Disguised in Drag
A Date with Rosie Palms
The '90s
Stealth Hi/Bye
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
Rule of Funny
Martial Arts Movie
The Cameo
Early Installment Weirdness
Bond Villain Stupidity
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
Artistic License Geography
Silent Movie
Determinator
Pre-Mortem One-Liner
Empathic Environment
Historical In-Joke
Bottomless Magazines
Loads and Loads of Characters
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
Evil Is Hammy
The Stinger
Happily Married
Biopic
Eldritch Abomination
Gainax Ending
Disney Death
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
Alas, Poor Villain
Pet the Dog
Soundtrack Dissonance
Hypocritical Humor
Accidental Murder
Cool Car
Cluster F-Bomb
Missing Mom
Casting Gag
The Casanova
Foregone Conclusion
Hollywood Law
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
Half the Man He Used to Be
Frame-Up
Our Vampires Are Different
Grey and Gray Morality
Amoral Attorney
The Chick
Evil Sounds Deep
As Himself
Not So Different
Kill 'em All
Beware the Nice Ones
"Shaggy Dog" Story
Becoming the Mask
Brutal Honesty
Undying Loyalty
Kids Are Cruel
After the End
Fanservice Extra
Closed Circle
Product Placement
Abusive Parents
Deus ex Machina
Ambiguous Disorder
Broken Bird
Defiant to the End
Death Seeker
Combat Pragmatist
Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
Homage
Failed a Spot Check
Have a Gay Old Time
Older Than They Look
Bury Your Gays
Ax-Crazy
Kick the Son of a Bitch
Maybe Ever After
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
Yandere
Vampire Fiction
Bald of Evil
It Will Never Catch On
The '50s
Captain Ersatz
Serial Killer
Artistic License Military
Storming the Castle
Calling the Old Man Out
Retired Badass
Slashed Throat
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
Intrepid Reporter
Big Bad Duumvirate
No Antagonist
Important Haircut
Cruel and Unusual Death
"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
Animal Motifs
Index of Film Westerns
Psycho for Hire
Nice Guy
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
The Un-Favourite
aka: The Un Favorite
Evil Is Petty
"Awesome McCool" Name
Faking the Dead
Villain Protagonist
Crazy Jealous Guy
Black Comedy
Author Appeal
Military and Warfare Films
The Smurfette Principle
Italian Films
Poor Communication Kills
Japanese Films
Crucified Hero Shot
The '80s
Evil Plan
Gold Digger
Bolivian Army Ending
Mr. Fanservice
Exact Words
Rule of Cool
Villain Song
Big-Bad Ensemble
The Lancer
The Hero
Chiaroscuro
Wicked Cultured
Shower Scene
Bloodier and Gorier
Dumb Blonde
Red Eyes, Take Warning
Actually Pretty Funny
Bloodless Carnage
Ascended Extra
Blatant Lies
Villain Opening Scene
Those Two Bad Guys
Really Gets Around
Henpecked Husband
Real Life Writes the Plot
Zombie Stories
Bar Brawl
Good Is Not Nice
The Bad Guy Wins
Fourth Date Marriage
Black and Gray Morality
Only Sane Man
Stalker with a Crush
Catch-Phrase
Catapult Nightmare
Papa Wolf
Boom, Headshot!
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Cool Shades
The Oner
Revenge
Names to Run Away from Really Fast
It Can Think
Sacrificial Lion
Green-Eyed Monster
Flipping the Bird
In the Back
Film Noir Index
Too Dumb to Live
Sir Swears-a-Lot
Framing Device
Chewing the Scenery
Greater-Scope Villain
Your Head A-Splode
Implacable Man
Mercy Kill
Artistic License Gun Safety
Belligerent Sexual Tension
The Atoner
All Girls Want Bad Boys
Butt-Monkey
Here We Go Again!
Bowdlerise
Chase Scene
Everyone Has Standards
Totally Radical
Sequel Hook
Death by Sex
Facial Horror
Mugging the Monster
Epic Fail
Sole Survivor
Dramatic Irony
Creepy Child
Guile Hero
'80s Hair
Police Brutality
Air-Vent Passageway
Kubrick Stare
Enemy Mine
Mystery and Detective Films
Death by Adaptation
Guns Akimbo